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The Best Attractions In Monroe-Ruston Area

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Southern Heritage Air Foundation

Jimmie Davis State Park

Wild Country Safari Park

Poverty Point State Historic Site

Chemin-A-Haut State Park

The Best Attractions In Monroe-Ruston Area

1. Wild Country Safari Park Epps
2. Jimmie Davis State Park Chatham Louisiana
James Houston Davis was an American singer and songwriter of both sacred and popular songs, as well as a politician and former governor of Louisiana. A politician as well as a songwriter, Davis was elected for two nonconsecutive terms from 1944–48 and from 1960–64 as the governor of his native Louisiana. He ran both campaigns as a controversial advocate for impoverished and rural white Louisianians. Davis was a nationally popular country music and gospel singer from the 1930s into the 1960s, occasionally recording and performing as late as the early 1990s. He appeared as himself in a number of Hollywood movies. He was inducted into six halls of fame, including the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Southern Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame , and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. At t...
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3. Chemin-A-Haut State Park Bastrop Louisiana
Chemin-A-Haut State Park is a 503-acre site located in northern Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. Visitors may access the park from U.S. Highway 425 about 10 miles north of Bastrop. Chemin-à-Haut means High Road in French. Much of the park is on a high bluff overlooking winding Bayou Bartholomew. Chemin-A-Haut was one of the earliest additions to the Louisiana State Park system. The Nature Conservancy in Louisiana has recently acquired the 247-acre DeBlieux tract, located in a large bend of Bayou Bartholomew, and will eventually transfer the land to the State of Louisiana. The property will be added to Chemin-A-Haut, thus increasing the park's size to 750 acres . Bayou Bartholomew contains over 115 fish species, one of the highest counts of any stream in North America. Visitors to the park may...
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4. Poverty Point State Historic Site Epps
Poverty Point State Historic Site is a prehistoric earthworks of the Poverty Point culture, located in present-day northeastern Louisiana. It has been designated as a U.S. National Monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Located in the Southern United States, it is 15.5 miles from the current Mississippi River, and situated on the edge of Maçon Ridge, near the village of Epps in West Carroll Parish. Poverty Point comprises several earthworks and mounds, built between 1650 and 700 BC during the Archaic period in North America, by a group of Native Americans of the Poverty Point culture. The culture extended 100 miles across the Mississippi Delta. The original purposes of Poverty Point have not been determined by archaeologists, although they have proposed various possibilities, including ...
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5. Southern Heritage Air Foundation Tallulah
This is a list of Confederate monuments and memorials that were established as public displays and symbols of the Confederate States of America , Confederate leaders, or Confederate soldiers of the American Civil War. Part of the commemoration of the American Civil War, these symbols include monuments and statues, flags, holidays and other observances, and the names of schools, roads, parks, bridges, counties, cities, lakes, dams, military bases, and other public works.Monuments and memorials are listed below alphabetically by state, and by city within each state. States not listed have no known qualifying items for the list. For monuments and memorials which have been removed, consult Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials. Some but by no means all are included below. This list do...
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Monroe-Ruston Area Videos

Road Trip #161 - US-80 W - Ruston to Grambling, Louisiana

We continue west on US Highway 80, into the city of Ruston, Louisiana in Lincoln Parish. We briefly turn south and merge with US Highway 167, and through the city's main street area. Then west again past Louisiana Tech University. We leave the city of Ruston and shortly enter the city limits of Grambling, Louisiana, home of Grambling State University. We conclude as we leave the Grambling city limits.

Of Hopes and Dreams, Relaxing Days, Highest Place,
Ready for Anything, Smoothie, Moving To It
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Road Trip #160 - US-80 W - Claiborne to Ruston, Louisiana

We continue west on US Highway 80, beginning at the western border of the community of Claiborne. US-80 crosses to the south side of I-20, and passes through the census designated place of Calhoun. Then, we cross into Lincoln Parish at the Louisiana meridian, and pass through the village of Choudrant, home of the annual Outhouse Grand Nationals outhouse races. We conclude as we enter the city of Ruston, Louisiana.

Music - Heritage Place, The Mission,
Fit For A King, I Wanna Know by Josh Woodward.
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Road Trip #164 - US-80 W - Minden and Dixie Inn, Louisiana

We continue west on US Highway 80 into the city of MInden, the parish seat of Wester Parish. US-79 Truck runs concurrent with US-80 here. At Sheppard Street, US-79 and US-80 Truck turn left to bypass the downtown area. At Main Street, US-80 joins US-79 in the downtown area. After leaving Minden, we enter the village of Dixie Inn, concluding at the western limits of Dixie Inn.

Fame and Glory, Gentle Moment, Just Happy Together, Kate the Ballerina
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CAMP RUSTON (FULL VIDEO)

AN LPB PRODUCTION OF CAMP RUSTON,

A WWII POW CAMP IN LOUISIANA

Several mistakes, Erwin Rommel not Ernst, Berlin Olympic Stadium, not Munich. Sorry for the poor audio, best we could do after all these years.

Road Trip #175 - US-59 North - Linden to Texarkana, Texas

We continue north on US Highway 59, beginning just north of the city of Linden, and on through the cities of Atlanta and Queen City, concluding just before entering Texarkana.

Music by Silent Partner: Hammock Style, Strolling Through, Humidity, Stomping Grounds, Yard Sale, Seasonal, I Wear Headphones

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US Highway 165 North in Louisiana

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Rolling near Natchitoches, Louisiana on Interstate 49 North

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Shreveport LA (I 220 Bossier City to Texas Welcome Center) X4

December 21, 2014
Interstate 20

On the Road: Waskom-Greenwood

This is first video to feature driving on some roads in Louisiana. Starting out on the I-20 Frontage Road. The town of Waskom, Texas is the last town on I-20 before crossing into the State of Louisiana which then crosses into the adjacent town of Greenwood before heading into Shreveport; the third largest city in Louisiana. Gator and Friends, a place well known for the animals found in the south can be seen on the right after crossing into Greenwood.

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